Chinese Tale Series: Shen Nong's Miracle Herbs

( 中国神话故事-神农鞭药 )

The story is based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man named Shen Nong who saved his people from hunger by planting crops and cured their illnesses using herbal medicines. To determine the nature of different herbs he sampled them himself individually. But one day he died of accidental poisoning.